#Kevin “Geordie” Walker

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Kevin “Geordie” Walker - Killing Joke, Murder Inc., So36, K-93, The Damage Manuel, The Magi

18 décembre 1958 - 26 novembre 2023

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Remembering Kevin "Geordie" Walker 1958-2023

British musician Kevin "Geordie" Walker has died at 64. He was the guitarist for Killing Joke 1979 to 1996 when they went on hiatus and he returned when the band reformed in 2002, remaining with them until his death. They were post-punk but a huge influence on industrial and alt-rock.

Their 1984 song "Eighties" was like the anthem of the 80s. It has appeared on countless soundtracks and it was so powerful that guitar riff, which was co-written by Walker. Nirvana's "Come as You Are" bears quite a similarity to it. Years later Dave Grohl and his band Foo Fighters did a cover of Killing Joke's "Requiem" as a 1997 b-side. That fandom lead to Grohl drumming with Killing Joke on their 2003 self-titled album.

The link above is the obit from Spin.

[thisnoise]

RIP Geordie Walker - a truly unique guitarist.

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. Kevin Geordie Walker

[cinemajunkie70]

Rest in peace Kevin “Geordie” Walker!

[mitjalovse]

One in The Fireman is a familiar name. Martin Glover is the person we have actually noticed in these parts before – he appeared under his nickname Youth –, since he's he's many things, including being a co-founder of Killing Joke. The latter are one of the most important bands in the idiom of post-punk, we could call them an important milestone in the genre. However, their early pieces with Glover – he did return to them much later on – present a group that looks at their elements and try to make sense of them. Of course, this could mean they were amateurs, yet they were the pioneers – some do conflate the two terms –, which meant they were willing to try being stranger than the style would've allowed later on.

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"TO ACHIEVE HIS IMPRESSIVE SOUND GEORDIE FAVORED A GIBSON ES-295 HOLLOW BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR..."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the late, great Geordie Walker (1958-2023), guitarist of English industrial rock/post-punk band KILLING JOKE, pictured here in 1979. 📸: Frank Jenkinson.

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OVERVIEW: "Kevin “Geordie” Walker’s deliberately uncompromising guitar style was an integral part of KILLING JOKE’s legendary and influential sound. His intense playing was admired by his peers and often imitated. To achieve his impressive sound Geordie favored a Gibson ES-295 hollow body electric guitar for it’s monstrous resonance and is quoted as saying, "When you find something that you express yourself through the best – something that is completely your sound – why would you use anything else?""

-- LIFE ELSEWHERE MUSIC Vol. 344 (Art, Media, Culture), published December 1, 2023

Sources: https://lifeelsewhere.co/2023/12/01/life-elsewhere-music-vol-344, X, & Picuki.

[againstthegrainphoto]

Oh man. I’m not the hugest killing joke fan…..but this show was one of the best memories I have from the past decade. And I’m absolutely heartbroken to hear of the passing of Kevin “Geordie” Walker.🥺💔

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Killing Joke - The Wait

R.I.P. - Kevin "Geordie" Walker

No one had a guitar sound quite like his.

[undergroundrockpress]

Kevin "Geordie" Walker ((18 December 1958 – 26 November 2023) on stage with Killing Joke, Hammersmith Palais (London).

Photo : Rudi Keuntje (1983).

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Kevin “Geordie” Walker - Killing Joke, Murder Inc., So36, K-93, The Damage Manuel, The Magi

18 décembre 1958 - 26 novembre 2023

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I just found out that Kevin "Geordie" Walker, guitarist for Killing Joke, has permanently put down his guitar. I'm well over a week late to this news so this is my tip of the hat to Walker's passing. "Born in County Durham in 1958 and schooled in Buckinghamshire, where he acquired his “Geordie” nickname, Walker initially responded to an ad Coleman had placed in the music press. “This guy kept calling saying ‘Hi, I’ve never been in a band before, I’ve only ever played in my mum’s bedroom, but I’m the best guitarist ever’,” Coleman later said. “I couldn’t get rid of him … He comes in for a cuppa and spots my fishing rods, so we have a conversation about fishing for six hours. After which he announced that he had nowhere to live so I said he could stay with me. Geordie moved in three weeks before I actually heard him play. When he did it was like a fire from heaven.” .... "Walker situated his sound around a Gibson ES-295 hollow body electric guitar, saying: “When you find something that you express yourself through the best – something that is completely your sound – why would you use anything else?” .... "Other admirers included Metallica, who covered The Wait; Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, who called Walker’s guitar sound “really, really strong … really intense”; and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, who cited Walker as a key influence in a 2013 Guardian interview, heralding “this effortless playing producing a monstrous sound”. (Source)

[thisnoise]

Taste the salt of my tears, take the wealth of my years. Singing in the millennium with you.

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Kevin 'Geordie' Walker

[theart2rock]

Farewell - diese Musiker mussten 2023 gehen

Leider war auch das letzte Jahr nicht zu allen Musikern gut gewesen. Einige richtig einflussreiche Menschen mussten die Bühne wechseln, wie immer eigentlich zu früh. Den Musiker hören ja nie wirklich auf Musik zu machen. Was bleibt ist in allen Fällen ein Vermächtnis. Ein Werk für die Nachwelt. Deshalb möchte ich natürlich all den Musikern gedenken, die im 2020 in den Tourbus gestiegen sind und ihre letzte Tour angetreten haben. - Sebastian Marino (Overkill, Anvil, Ramrod) 07.11.1965 - 01.01.2023 (Herzinfarkt) - Fred White (Earth Wind & Fire) 13.01.1955 - 01.01.2023 - Manni Jordan (Heaven's Gare, Steeltower, Carrion) 27.01.1960 - 02.01.2023 - Jeff Beck 24.06.1944 - 10.01.2023 (Hirnhautentzündung) - Doug Grandon (Psychosis, Mass Psychosis, M.O.D.) 10.01.2023 (Parkinson) - Lisa Marie Presley 01.02.1968 - 12.01.2023 (Herzversagen) - Van Connor (Screaming Trees) 17.03.1967 - 17.01.2023 (Lungenentzündung) - David Crosby (Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash) 14.08.1941 - 19.01.2023 - Top Topham (The Yardbirds) 03.07.1947 - 23.01.2023 - Michael Kupper aka Maik Moti (Running Wild) 29.08.1957 - 16.02.2023 - Steve Mackey (Pulp) 10.11.1966 - 02.03.2023 - Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 04.12.1951 - 05.03.2023 - Wayne Swinny (Saliva) 22.03.2023 (Hirnblutung) - Nora Forster (Sex Pistols) 06.11.1942 - 06.04.2023 - Lasse Wellander (ABBA) 18.06.1952 - 07.04.2023 - Guy Bailey (The Quireboys) 07.04.2023 - Ian Bairnson (Alan Parsons Project) 03.08.1953 - 07.04.2023 (Demenz) - Mark Sheehan (The Script) 29.10.1976 - 14.04.2023 - Tim Bachmann (BTO) 01.08.1951 - 28.04.2023 (Krebs) - Gordon Lightfoot 17.11.1938 -01.05.2023 - Andy Rourke (The Smiths) 17.01.1964 - 19.05.2023 (Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs) - Chas Newby (The Beatles) 18.06.1941 - 22.05.2023 - Kirk Arrington (Metal Church / Vanderhoof) 23.01.1962 - 22.05.2023 - Sheldon Reynolds (Earth Wind & Fire, The Commodores) 13.09.1959 - 23.05.2023 - Tina Turner 26.11.1939 - 24.05.2023 - Lee Rauch (Megadeth) 10.09.1964 - 23.06.2023 - George Tickner (Journey) 08.09.1946 - 05.07.2023 - Jane Birkin 14.12.1946 - 16.07.2023 - Tony Bennett 03.08.1926 - 21.07.2023 - Sinéad O'Connor 08.12.1966 - 26.07.2023 - Randy Meisner (Eagles) 08.03.1946 - 26.07.2023 (COPD) - John Gosling (The Kinks) 06.02.1948 - 04.08-2023 - Robbie Robertson (The Band) 05.07.1943 - 09.08.2023 (Prostata Krebs) - Peter Haag "West" (Hämatom) 15.08.2023 - Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake) 07.05.1951 - 24.08.2023 (Meningitis) - Jack Sonni (Dire Straits) 09.12.1954 - 30.08.2023 - Jimmy Buffett 25.12.1946 - 01.09.2023 (Hautkrebs) - Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) 09.01.1967 - 04.09.2023 (Leberversagen) - Matt Vinci (Liege Lord) 01.03.1965 - 09.09.2023 (Krebs) - Roger Whittaker 22.03.1936 - 13.09.2023 - Jon Kennedy (Cradle Of Filth, Hecate Enthroned, Imperial Genocide) 25.08.1977 - 25.09.2023 (Autounfall) - Jeff L'Heureux (Culprit) 17.11.1959 - 10.10.2023 (Motorradunfall) - Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers) 01.04.1939 - 11.10.2023 (Herzversagen) - Steve Riley (Keel, W.A.S.P.) 22.01.1956 - 24.10.2023 (Lungenentzündung) - Heath (X Japan) 29.01.1968 - 29.10.2023 (Krebs) - Vittorio "Vic" Vergeat (Toad) 15.05.1951 - 01.11.2023 - Pete Garner (The Stone Roses) 03.11.2023 (Krebs) - Charlie Dominici (Dream Theater) 16.06.1951 - 17.11.2023 - Mars Williams (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs) 29.05.1955 - 20.11.2023 (Krebs) - Kevin "Geordie" Walker (Killing Joke) 18.12.1958 - 26.11.2023 (Schlaganfall) - Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) 25.12.1957 - 30.11.2023 (Lungenentzündung) - Danny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) 29.10.1944 - 05.12.2023 (Lungenerkrankung) - Ken Erb (Shok Paris) 14.12.2023 - Manny Martinez (Misfits) 16.12.2023 - Colin Burgess (AC/DC) 16.11.1946 - 16.12.2023 Leider wird auch diese Liste vermutlich nicht vollständig sein. Rockt in Frieden Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel